The Black Mountain
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934.
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Hardcover. First American edition. Contemporary gift inscription, top edge of the rear board slightly abraded and a little light soiling to the extremities of the binding, still near fine in price-clipped, very good plus dustwrapper with some tears along the upper extremities, mostly on the rear panel. Young Indian boy is educated by a wise and mysterious native priest who sends him on the mission of reinstating the oppressed Indian races in Bolivia. Visionary elements in the plot, as well as some similarities to the "lost race" genre. Excellent jacket art by Nina Miller Davidson.
Item #28211
